Oxford Word SkillsAdvanced Crossword

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Oxford Word Skills Advanced Crossword

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Across 1 advantages a company offers

in addition to the salary (5) 2 without value (9) 4 a period of physical exercise

you do to keep fit (7) 7 paying careful attention to

every detail (10) 11 extremely thorough and

complete (10) 14 having a fault or faults (9) 15 the hard work and effort

that sb puts into an activity because they care about it (10)

18 a senior member of the government (8)

20 using new methods or making new discoveries (14)

21 move slowly from side to side

(4) 22 a person who tries to get into

a party without an invitation (11)

24 a machine that uses hot air to dry clothes (6,5)

25 angry or violent behaviour by one driver towards another driver (4,4)

26 delay doing sth until later, often because you don’t want to do it (13)

27 an area in which the ground is very wet or covered in water (5)

28 central, and forming the necessary basis of sth (11)

Down 1 a thing you particularly dislike

or find annoying (3,4) 3 a thing you have to use or

have instead of the one you usually use or have (10)

5 making you feel you want to vomit (10)

6 saying two different and opposing things (13)

8 (of a small group) not letting others join in (7)

9 the dismissing of employees to reduce costs (10)

10 advice from another doctor (i.e. not the original doctor) (6,7)

12 a person who supports their family with money they earn (11)

13 with the caffeine removed (13) 16 a legal document signed by a

judge that allows the police to do sth (7)

17 the process of asking sb a lot of questions, especially in an aggressive way (13)

19 the number of people who attend an event (7)

23 a field covered in grass, and often wild flowers (6)

24 the feeling you have if your muscles are tight and not relaxed (7)

Across1 Unit 44, 2 Unit 6, 4 Unit 9, 7 Unit 33, 11 Unit 78, 14 Unit 71, 15 Unit 17, 18 Unit 38, 20 Unit 28, 21 Unit 72, 22 Unit 26, 24 Unit 28, 25 Unit 52, 26 Unit 50, 27 Unit 40, 28 Unit 37

Down1 Unit 51, 3 Unit 76, 5 Unit 12, 6 Unit 47, 8 Unit 26, 9 Unit 80, 10 Unit 33, 12 Unit 20, 13 Unit 74, 16 Unit 35, 17 Unit 53, 19 Unit 3, 23 Unit 24, 24 Unit 12

Look at the following units of Oxford Word Skills Advanced to check your answers.